id:			144913
accession number:	1970.125
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.125
updated:		2023-08-23 22:15:51.507000

Pyx , c.1300. Austria, probably Salzburg, 14th century. Silver and gilt silver; diameter: 4.8 x 7.8 cm (1 7/8 x 3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John B. Putnam Foundation 1970.125

title:				Pyx 
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creation date:			c.1300
creation date earliest:		1295
creation date latest:		1305
current location:		109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture
creditline:			Gift of the John B. Putnam Foundation
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culture:	Austria, probably Salzburg, 14th century
technique:	silver and gilt silver
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 4.8 x 7.8 cm (1 7/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

	title:		Eucharistic Vessels
	opening date:   1975-03-14T04:00:00
	<i>Eucharistic Vessels</i>. Fogg Art Museum/Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (organizer) (March 14-April 26, 1975).

	title:		Transformations of the Court Style: Gothic Art in Europe, 1270 - 1330
	opening date:   1977-02-02T05:00:00
	<i>Transformations of the Court Style: Gothic Art in Europe, 1270 - 1330</i>. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (February 2-27, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Franz Trau, Vienna; (Blumka Gallery, Inc.).
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A pyx is a container designed to hold the consecrated Eucharist wafers between masses. It was probably used by the clergy to administer communion to the sick and dying; its small size made it easily portable. The decoration relates to similar liturgical objects made in the ecclesiastical and artistic center of Salzburg for the cathedral treasury of that city.
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